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Are You Solving the Real Problem or the Visible One? A few months ago, I was in Atlanta going through TSA. Long line. Really long. The checkpoint...
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prioritizing tasks with the Eisenhower Method
Marcey Rader, Productivity Performance Speaker, Coach, and Author shares training to stop the procrastination and prioritize your tasks.
Reflect and resolve to make 2015 your year.
Do you spend December saying “I’m gonna start X in January”.
Do you make resolutions every January but forget what they were by February?
If you don’t reflect, how can you resolve?
Does a cookie at the airport while on business count?
How many times have you said,
“I’m on vacation. I’m going to eat what I want.”
“I’ve had a rough day. I’ll eat what I want.”
“I’ve been really good all week. I’ll eat what I want.”
“My business is paying for this. I’ll eat what I want.”
Really, never?
Are your habits a choice?
You drink coffee all day.
You check your email until 2am.
You eat candy every afternoon.
All of these are habits. Most reasonable people know that they are bad habits.
Once you know a habit exists, is it your responsibility to change it?
Changing Triggers After the Death of a Loved One
Cue. Routine. Reward.
It’s hard to know just how much someone becomes a part of your life until you have to change your cues and routines, and there isn’t a reward waiting for you.
Automate to Keep Your Willpower Bucket Full
You enter your kitchen after a long day and go straight to the refrigerator for the most convenient, fastest, processed thing you can get to put in your piehole. There is no way you have the energy to even THINK about what to eat.
You stand at the ice cream/cupcake/bakery for several minutes before deciding on the flavor because the choice overload is too much. Then you get the same kind you always do in defeat.
You’re asked to sign a contract that you are a little nervous about at 4:30pm on a Friday. You default to the status quo and just decide to decline the contract.
Five Ways You Can Take a Real Vacation
When was the last time you took vacation?
Did you check your inbox and your voice mail?
Did you take a work call on a cruise in the Mediterranean?
Did you feel overloaded when you left and more stressed when you came back?
Dreams of Pings and Notifications Nightmares
The average person checks their phone 150 times a day.
The definition of slave according to Merriam-Webster:
A person who is strongly influenced by and controlled by something.
OUCH.
Did you just get a gut ache reading that? Or did a notification come in and you got distracted?
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